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Thousands Lose Power on the Peninsula: Outage Alert
The El Camino corridor was affected, officials say.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA – Thousands of residents and businesses were without power Tuesday afternoon on the Peninsula, officials report.
San Mateo County officials warned at 11:30 a.m. that electricity was out in the Millbrae area, affecting the El Camino corridor.
According to the PG&E outage center, nearly 3,000 people were affected as of 12:35 p.m. But by 2:40 p.m., only 134 remained without power.
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"Please use caution and treat out of service traffic lights as 4 way stop signs," SMC officials warned.
PG&E officials tell Patch the cause is still under investigation.
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"PG&E crews worked safely and as quickly as possibe to restore power to our customers," PG&E Spokeswoman Andrea Menniti said.
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